As a modern movie musical, In the Heights employs many of its shot, direction and choreographic techniques to create a swirling visual experience that immerses the audience in the story.
Alfred Fagon's fascinating two act drama opened at the venue in 1975 and while some of its gender attitudes may have dated, so much of Death of a Black Man feels as fresh and challenging now…
Duchess Theatre, London " 13 June 2021 As theatres reopen, the long influence of digital forms is already making itself felt. Jack Holden's new play Cruise premiered online last month via St…
The Barn is a gripping two act piece whose perfect storm of story, tone and character will be a must-see on stage before too long.
Tarantula isn't perfect and is certainly too long but Ridley's latest twin works have been ideally suited to the nature of hybrid theatre, utilising the intimate and seemingly one-to-one foc…
The Royal Shakespeare Company joins forces with BBC4 for the world premiere of A Winter's Tale, a production intended for the 2020 stage and all but lost to theatre history.
A Splinter of Ice moves away from a basic biography by mirroring its spy subjects and never allowing the audience to be quite sure which of its many faces is the real one.
National Theatre and Sky Arts' hybrid theatre and film production of Romeo & Juliet has been a fascinating experiment resulting in a smart, interesting and entirely collaborative piece o…
The Meaning of Zong and Afterplay showcase the power of audio drama to transport an audience's imagination and to see the familiar a little differently. With light at the end of the tun…
Assembly, the first production from the Donmar Local company, shows a lot of promise, combining an enthusiastic group of performers with a creative team eager to explore technical boundaries…
When we left 1 and A in Episode 14 of Athena Stevens' Late Night Staring at High Res Pixels they were both in some kind of moral and emotional jeopardy, and it seemed appropriate on Internat…
Late Night Staring at High Res Pixels has already become a gripping anatomy of relationships and the attempts to manipulate two quite different women.
With a charitable donation for every digital ticket sold going to Women for Refugee Women, Little Wars is still an all too rare experience " a play that puts women at its centre without focu…
Festivals are a vital part of the theatre ecosystem, a place to try out new material, explore form and style while giving a valuable platform to all kinds of performance. These activities ha…
The RSC, Young Vic and Theatre for a New Audience have a difficult but fascinating task ahead in re-creating lost work Swingin' the Dream that honours the original while offering something n…
With director Stanley Kramer's making of the groundbreaking film Guess Who's Coming to Dinner as its subject matter, Tracy-Ann Oberman and David Spicer's new radio drama has a compelling con…
Curve Leicester's Sunset Boulevard certainly offers 'new ways to dream,' proving a beautiful and fitting finale to a year of considerable change for theatre.
Integral to the festive Birmingham experience, the chance to watch this delightful production of The Nutcracker from home is a rare silver lining in an otherwise troubled month for the perfo…
Andrew Lincoln brings a real gravitas to proceedings in A Christmas Carol, anchoring the production and delivering a performance of variety and skill that will leave you hoping he returns to…
Filled with a real love of Dickens' words as well as his characters the Bridge Theatre has found a fresh and exciting way to tell the familiar tale of A Christmas Carol and give Scrooge's re…
Philip Ridley's play The Poltergeist made an intimate transition to the screen and will be unmissable as soon as live performances can be scheduled.
15 Heroines is an impressive and energised reworking of Greek myth that leaves the audience keen to find out more about each of these women and their remarkable lives. Being a woman in …
A Sarah Kane play is by no means a safe option for any theatre looking to attract audiences back to its auditorium, but this bold and intriguing production of Crave at Chichester Festival Th…
One of the highest profile events in Nottingham Playhouse's Unlocked Festival was Bubble, a hybrid production, performed in-house and live streamed over the weekend to a potential internatio…
This incredible concert version of Songs for a New World serves as an all-to-brief reminder of how it feels to listen to live music in an enclosed, traditional theatre space, responding to e…